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Windows Phone Camp is coming to Trivandrum on 29th Feb, 2012. Windows Phone Camps is where you – Developers and Designers, can directly interact with domain experts. These experts will share their knowledge with you, answer your questions and help you with your future Windows Phone app or game. Avail this free opportunity to learn from the notable names of …

>>IT and consulting major Cognizant has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Kerala to lease 15 acres of land in Infopark Phase II in Kochi.  Mr Gigo Joseph, Chief Executive Officer, Infopark, and Mr Joseph Korah, head of Cognizant’s Kochi operations, signed the MoU and exchanged documents in the presence of the Industries and IT Minister, Mr …

Lepeesh Parat, the founder and CEO of Technopark Trivandrum-based Zesty Beanz Technologies has won the “Star Entrepreneur Award” at the 5th Indira International Innovation Summit held in Pune in January this year. The award was conferred on Parat in recognition of his leadership and contributions to the area of entrepreneurship and innovation. The award consists of a trophy and a …

Special valentine’s day cards and gifts are now available at technopark store. Technopark Store is offering special and custom handmade valentine’s day cards for your loved ones. Only one copy of such cards will be available in this entire universe, thus you can gift the most unique thing for your special ones. To view, Click Here…  

The tender coconut parlous are coming up in various IT parks in kerala. As part of that the first tender coconut parlor is inaugurated by by the Coconut Development Board at Infopark, Kochi. The tender coconut parlor proved to be popular on the first day itself with hundreds of Infopark-based employees relishing the taste of pure, unadulterated and natural tender …

Here is more good news for the techies working in Infopark Kochi! A CXOs’ meeting on January 09, 2012, has decided to arrange a 49-seater contract bus for the professionals in the park. The bus wills transport employees from Kakkanad to Infopark campus and back. The bus service started on Monday, January 30, 2012 at 7:30 AM from Kakkanad Panchayath …

Dr. K.C. Chandrasekharan Nair, Secretary and Registrar, Technopark Technology Business Incubator (T-TBI), and the CFO of Technopark, has received certification from InfoDev (World Bank) Group as a Certified Business Incubation Trainer. InfoDev trainers are persons authorized to deliver InfoDev’s incubator manager training modules. InfoDev is a technology and innovation-led development finance programme in the Financial and Private Sector Development (FPD) Vice …

>>A beaming guy, though lean, Jayadevan is apposite to be entitled “NATANA Talent of the Month” for his scale of fervor for music and traditional art. Zealous about singing right from the childhood, he was always on the victory stand whenever he partook in any competition. Chakiarkoothu, Kathakalisangeetham and recitation are only a few to mention when it comes to …

The State School IT Fest 2012 would be held at the Technopark on February 1 and 2.  As many as 500 students, including the first and second position winners in district-levels are participating in the event. The competitions would be held separately for high school, higher secondary/ vocational higher secondary sections. Competitions would be held in digital painting, IT project, …

>>UST Global, conducted a Talent Hunt for students of Government Schools in and around Trivandrum Corporation area.  The Talent Hunt was conducted as part of its Community Reach out programs to live up their motto Transform Lives The first session of the three week long ‘Talent Hunt’ program was held on January 26th 2012 on the occasion of Republic Day for …

>>SIROCo Technologies, the IT division of the Saudi Arabia based business group, System Integration and Rapid Orchestration Controls (SIROCo), has expanded its operations to India. A facility of the company in Technopark, Trivandrum was inaugurated by the Minister for IT & Industries, Shri P K Kunhalikutty on 25.01.2012. SIROCo’s Indian operations are based out of its office and development centre …

Getting a passport from the Trivandrum Passport office is no longer the trouble it used to be – you no longer need to stand in queue from dawn or deal with the various haggling brokers. Thanks to our MP Dr. Shashi Tharoor, who brought in a new Passport Officer, and allowed only online applications to be received at this office …

UST Global wins Kerala Management Association (KMA) Excellence Awards 2011 for the category “Technology Innovations: Implemented/Initiated”.UST Global submitted three innovations – Interactive Gesture Recognition, Wearable obstacle detector- an electronic device for the visually challenged and PowerSave…all conceived and developed at The Apple Tree—UST Global’s innovation gym—under the category of Technology Innovation. The KMA includes a group of eminent personalities from …

>>The e-Governance system in Kerala is set to receive a big boost after the coming of a second State Data Centre (SDC) at the Technopark. The SDC was inaugurated by P K Kunhalikutty, Minister for IT & Industries,  at a function held at the Technopark. “The new Data Centre will help in faster and more secure roll out of e-governance …

Applexus, a leading IT services and solutions organization based in Seattle, and offshore centre in Technopark, Trivandrum  has announced its services in SAP HANA platform which empower organizations to hasten best business decisions based on real-time data access. SAP HANA is an appliance that combines SAP in-memory technology with hardware, empowering organizations to gain instant insight into their business operations, …

Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in association with Central Public Sector Enterprises has empanelled Technopark’s Technology Business Incubator (T-TBI)  as one of its Corporate Social Responsibility partner, to promote the initiative in Kerala. The empanelment will make the T-TBI eligible for projects under the CSR Hub and also with the CPSEs that have signed MoUs with the hub.  The …

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) have launched a new mobile website for train ticket reservations from Mobile Phone.   Passengers can now log on to http://www.irctc.co.in/mobile to book and cancel train tickets through mobile phone.   In addition to this, IRCTC and PayMate launch Search, Book, and Pay service for Indian Railway tickets on PayMate’s mobile payments …

Malayalam Wikipedia is gaining popularity all over the world. With as many as 5,755 new articles added in 2011 to it, the Malayalam “Wiki” now has a total of 21,873 articles. Also, last year alone saw the addition of 8,744 new members. Its popularity is the result of the concerted effort of the Wikimedians who introduced a number of activities …